Transport Shift Manager

GXO Logistics, Inc.; Severn Beach; On-site; GBP 34,200 - 41,800; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave

Company sponsored pension scheme

Private medical and dental insurance

Access to GXO University for skill development

High street discounts and cash back cards

Job summary

GXO Logistics, Inc. is seeking an experienced Transport Shift Manager for their busy Bristol site. You will be integral to managing the transport operation, ensuring compliance and customer satisfaction, and leading a dedicated team.

This full-time permanent role offers a salary up to £38,000 annually, along with a comprehensive benefits package including annual leave, health insurance, and continuous learning opportunities.

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience within a similar role.
• Understanding of key operational cost drivers and P&L.
• Experience managing conflicting priorities in a fast-moving environment.

Responsibilities

• Manage daily operations issue management and resolution.
• Ensure compliance with health and safety and employment law.
• Control drivers and team shift patterns to meet targets.
• Motivate and develop staff to achieve customer targets.

Skills

Experience supervising a team

Operational understanding of transport environment

Management of conflicting priorities

National CPC

Job description

Are you an experienced Transport Shift Manager who can really deliver?

Are you ready to drive your career forwards? Transport yourself to GXO and find out more about how we do logistics differently!

GXO is currently seeking two talented and driven individuals for the role of Transport Shift Manager, to work at our busy Currys site in Bristol. You will play a key role in supporting the dedicated transport operation for the GXO Currys network, ensuring customer satisfaction and procedural conformance.

The role is being offered on a full-time, permanent basis and you will work Monday to Friday, 09:00 to 17:00.

Pay, benefits and more

You’ll be paid a salary of up to £38,000.00 per annum. You’ll also receive 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays), as well as the option to buy additional days so you can enjoy a positive work-life balance. Your benefits package includes a company sponsored pension scheme, private medical and dental insurance, a 24/7 online GP service, life assurance and a fully comprehensive employee assistance programme. You’ll have access to our MyBenefits platform offering a variety of high street discounts, a cycle to work scheme, cashback cards, a saving scheme and much more. You’ll also have access to our GXO University which provides you with the opportunity to learn new skills and gain qualifications at a pace that you’re comfortable with. There’s also our continued focus on internal promotions, over 55% last year!

What you’ll do on a typical day

• Daily operations issue management and resolution, including management of accidents and breakdowns and ensuring any issues that threaten the quality of service are escalated to the appropriate management level
• Manage and ensure all legislative requirements are complied with, in connection to health and safety, WTD, O-licence legislation, tachograph laws and employment law
• Controlling and managing all drivers and your team's shift patterns - particularly with regards to bank holidays, annual holidays and changes in the customers’ requirements to achieve weekly targets
• Manage, motivate, coach and develop staff to achieve stringent customer targets within a highly time sensitive operation

What you need to succeed at GXO

• Demonstrable experience within a similar role, experience supervising a team and an operational understanding of a transport environment
• National CPC desirable
• Understanding of key operational cost drivers and P&L or cost centre management
• Experience of managing conflicting priorities in a fast-moving environment, planning and organising

About GXO

We engineer faster, smarter, leaner supply chains. GXO is a leading provider of cutting-edge supply chain solutions to the most successful companies in the world. We help our customers manage their goods most efficiently using our technology and services. Our greatest strength is our global team – energetic, innovative people of all experience levels and talents who make GXO a great place to work.

GXO is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate, support and thrive on diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We believe that diversity and inclusion in our business is critical to our success as a global company, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool. We are an Armed Forces friendly organisation and Disability Confident Leader as part of the Disability Confident Scheme (GIS) and actively welcome applications from people with disabilities.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. All employees may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities from time to time, as needed. Review GXO's candidate privacy statement here.